Beware of bogus charity boxes - PSNI
Published Date:
05 August 2008
By Staff reporter
THE Police Service is advising people to be wary of bogus charity boxes that have been found at a number of locations in the province and which purport to be raising money for a charity - 'People of Africa'.
The boxes are blue in colour, chalice-shaped and have a white label with red script.
Police inquiries to date have not revealed whether such a charity exists, however, last Thursday (July 31) officers seized 36 of them, many of which had been placed beside tills at premises.
One arrest was made and a man is in custody.
If anyone knows of boxes matching this description, they are being urged to contact their local police.
A PSNI appeal has also gone out to shopkeepers and other business owners to check their premises for similar boxes.
A spokesman said: “There are many genuine organisations that make collections in this manner and we would not wish to discourage people from making donations to these charities”.
The full article contains 167 words and appears in Ballymena Times newspaper.
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Last Updated:
04 August 2008 12:53 PM
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Source:
Ballymena Times
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Location:
Ballymena
